Sifter-top powder box or can.



PATENTED 00130, 1906. G. F. MILLER.

' SIFTER TOP POWDER BOX 0R cm.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 30. 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

" 2 UNITED ST TE GEORGE F. MILLER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'ro AMERICAN PATENT O ErOE.

' CAN-COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW J RSEY.

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a Be. it known that I, GEORGE F. MILLER a citizen of the United States, residing in t e borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Sifter-To Powder Boxes or Cans, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to lmprovements 1n sheet-metal powder boxes or cans having forations 1), arranged in radial rows, and a Sifter-tops.

The object of my invention is to provide a Sifter-top can or box of a neat, simple, and efficient construction, capable of being cheaply manufactured, in which the perfo-- rated top is permanently and irremovably fixed or seamed to the body of the can or box and in which the rotary perforated closingplate may be conveniently and easily turned to cause the perforations therein to register with those in the perforated top.

My invention consists in the means I em ploy to practically accomplish this objector result-that is to say, it consists, in connecpieces for turning therotary closing-plate,

tion with the body of the can or box, of a perforated top permanently and .irremovably seamed to the body and a rotary closing plate fitting outside the perforated top and pivotally secured thereto and provided with a series of perforations adapted to register with. those in the perforated top and furnished with coiled or folded integral fingerthe-coils of the finger-pieces being substantially cylindrical and projecting. upwardly from the closing-plate at the periphery thereof, so that the c osing-plate may fit closely and snugly against the perforated top plate of the can or box and so that the fingerpieces may be properly strengthened and stiffened and ada ted to be-reaoil engaged by the thumb or ger in turning t e closingp ate.

Myinvention also consists in the novel construction of parts and devices andin the novel combinations of. parts and devices hereirli shown and described, and specified in the 0 same.

In the accompanyingv drawings, forming a part of this 'speclfication, Figure 1 is a top orplan view of a sifter-top can or box embody mg my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertic section. Fig. 3 is a similar view showlng the can before it is filled and before the bot-v SlFTER-TOP POWDER "Box on cAN.

Patented Oct. 30, 1900.

tom head through which it is filled has been applied or seamed thereto. Fig. 4 is an jenlarged. detail view of the rotary closing-plate, and Fig. 5 is a sectionon line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, A represents the body of I the can or box., B is the perforated top permanently and irremovably body A by a folded or other seam b and havseamed to the ing a raised annular portion b and depressed 7 center I) and provided with a series of perpivot-hole b at its center for rotatably securing the rotary closing-plate D thereto.

The rotary closing-plate D has a raised annular portion d and depressed center d. It is pivotally connected to the perforated top B by a pivot d", which I prefer to make in a separate piece from both the perforated topand closing-plate instead of making it inte gral with one or the other of those parts. The rotary closing-plate D'is furnished with a series of perforations d therein arranged in ra- I dial rows and adapted to register with the perforations in the top B when the closingplate is properly turned. The rotary closingplate D is furnished with one or more, prefer ably four, integral folded or coiled fingerpieces or tongues d, which are preferably folded or coiled into substantially cylindrical venientl and easily engaged by the er or thumb in turning the closing-plat e a The perforated. top B may, if desired, be provided with one or more stops b, ada ted to e age the ends of the cylindrical 00' s dto register the closing-plate in its' open or closed position.

same being permanently and securely seamed to the body A thereof after it has been filled. e bottom head C and the perfo-.

As both t rated top Bare errnanently and irremovably seamed to t e to A, my powder-boxcannot be again-refill with spurious goods after its contents have once been used.

I claim- 1. A non-refillable sheet-metal Sifter-top By this fold- 9O the closing-plate, so that they can be coni C is the bottom head of the can or box, the

I can or box comprising in combination a bodg forations b a rotary closing-plate D pivot-.

A closed at its ower end, a perforated to irremovably seamed to the body and rnished with a raised annular portion 1) and depressed center b and furnished with perally secured to said perforated top and having a raised annular portion d, depressed center d, perforations d and upwardly-projecting cyhndrically-coiled integral finger-pieces d at the periphery thereof, substantially as specified.

2. A non-refillable sheet-metal Sifter-top can or box comprising in combination a bod A closed at its lower end, a perforated top irremovably seamed to the body and furnished with a raised annular portion 1) and depressed center 6 and furnished with perforations b, a rotary closing-plate D pivotally secured to said perforated top and having a raised annular ortion d, depressed center (1, perforations 3 and upwardly-projecting cylindricall -coiled integral finger-pieces d" at the perip ery thereof, said erforated top having stops outside the circu ar edge or rim of the rotary closing-plate to engage the ends of said coiled finger-pieces on the rotary closing-plate, substantial y as specified.

- GEO. F. MILLER. Witnesses:

CHARLES C. SPENGLER, JOHN M. HATHERSALL. 

